Torrent ducks have to survive freezing temperatures on land and extreme heat in the water. Learn all about it on The Americas.

Narrated by Tom Hanks, NBC's The Americas continues tonight with a new episode! Here's your preview/viewing guide for Ep. 6: ...

The Andes glaciers are melting faster-35 percent faster than the global average, warn scientists at the World Day for ...

The Andes mountain range, located in South America, is a geological marvel that has existed for roughly 50 million years. Formed by the collision of the South American and Pacific tectonic plates ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have warned policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the ...

NBC’s official description for this new episode 7 of The Americas season 1 reads like this, “The Andes, Earth’s longest ...

NBC's The Americas will reach new heights when the Tom Hanks-narrated docu-series returns this Sunday, ascending the world’s ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the ...

This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are the world's longest mountain range. This causes lava to erupt out of the gap that is left. As it cools down ...

A mountain range is a group of mountains found on land or under the sea, and they include the Andes in South America, the Himalayas in Asia, the Alps in Europe, or even the Mid-Atlantic Ridge deep ...

Reforestation day in the Vilcanota mountain range in Peru. Image courtesy of Luis ... Fjeldså was nearing completion of his book Birds of the High Andes, and Aucca, an experienced Indigenous ...

The condors appeared at 5,000 meters. They were not real. I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosí, one of the highest mountains ...